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Patented Jan. 22, 1935 1,988,721

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE- 1 CARTON Bruce J. Davidson, Kew Gardens, N. Y., assignor to National Biscuit Company, New York, N. Y., a corporation of New Jersey Application March 17, 1932, Serial No. 599,375 I 2 Claims. (CL 229-51) My invention pertains to cartons, and particu end flaps 19, 20, 21, 22, all of said flaps 17 to 22 larly to cartons adopted for the packaging of preferably being of the same width and very biscuits, crackers, and other food products.- narrow so as to economize in material, usually Cartons of this type, as heretofore used, have only wide enough to provide sufficient gluing 5 consisted generally of an outercarton or box surface and support for the end panels. The 5 formed from a cardboard blank and a liner blank may also have one or more tear-lines 31, formed from a sheet of waxed paper, and the 35 along which the box may be torn to open it present invention has for its principal object to or the box may be sealed and opened in any improve cartons of this kind; desired manner.

Y Another object of the invention is to decrease The ends of the box preferably areformed 10 the cost of cartons by reducing the amount of from separate pieces 23, 24, which, when the bot material used and at the same time produce a is assembled, are glued to the end flaps 17, 20, carton that is easily assembled and that can be and 22, and 18, 19, and 21, respectively. These formed and filled by existing machinery. end flaps also have tucks 25, 26 which are turned Other objects are to produce a carton in which in over the top of the box when itis filled as 15 the liner will be securely held in the box so as best shown in Figs. 5 and 7. to prevent its displacement either when the box When the box is to be formed, the blank 10 is being filled or after it has been opened and is fed to the forming machine with the line 11 its contents are being good; lying on top of it. The sides 13 and 14 are then Still other objects are to produce a carton folded up along the score lines, carryin Part8 that can be filled through its widest side and 'reof the liner with them. The next operation is opened at the end or at the side, as may be to fold the ends of the liner and the rear flaps desired, and reclosed after part'of its contents 21, 22, inwardly, and then the front part of the have been removed. liner and the end flaps 19, 20, are folded rear- The above and other objects and advantages wardly so that the parts assume the position as will be apparent from the following description shown in Fig. 2. In that position it will be noted of the invention, having reference to the accomthat the end of the liner has been folded to 981137 1 8 drawings, illustrating one embodiment .form a triangular-shaped fold 2'7 and that the thereof wherein flaps 20, 22 are turned in with their lower edges Fi -l is a plan view of the blank andliner in engagement'with this triangular fold, and 80 from which the carton is formed. that the ends of the liner have only a slight Fig. 2 shows the blank and liner partly formed, overlap as shown at 27'. the end flaps of the carton having'been turned It will also be noted that this fold 27 lies on y in so as to ensage the lower folds of the liner. top of the den 17. The next operation is to fold Fig. 3 shows the carton ready to receive the the flaps 1'! and 18 into vertical position, which 85 n DQ1 318- carries the triugular folds 2'1 with them. the Fig. 4 shows the carton and liner ready to be folds now being partly outside of the fllled- .20, 22 at one end, and at the other end is of of the flaps 19, 21. Itwlll thmbeseenthsttheflaps20,22atoneend4o Fig. 5 shows the carton filled, and ready'for 40 the final closing operation. I

Fig.8showsthecartonfllledandsealed. the Fig. 7 shows the carton openedon one side. the'linerin position so that Fig.8shows the carton opened at-one'enih AsshowninFig.1-,oneformofmyinventixm"'1ho is to ap y 8 1 to all 4 comprises a carton blank indicated generally flapeattheendsoftheboxasindicatedata, by the number 10 and the liner by 11, the-latter '29, 30 on I'll. '3. The glue is applied in this being a rectangular. piece of moisture-proof manner to the flaps at both end of th paper, or other suitable material, of the proper and then the end pieces 23, 24 are set onby the dimensions. somewhat larger in area than the .box forming machine. The glu app the carton blank; and Lying on top of it in this flaps 29,,30atoneend,ispreferablyputonin so dotsorspotssothattheendnwillnotadhere Theblankloiscut andscoredtoprovidea tooflahflytotheseflaps, but theszzlxcanbe the flaps 1o, 21 at the other end bottom Qfsides 13,14,andatopl15,thetop brokena'lhisisdonesothatifthe isprohavingatuck ldatonesi'de. 'Ihebottomhas videdwiththetear-line31,theeartoneanbe andthetwosideahave openedstthisendandthiswlllbedoueby a flap 17, 1831: eachend.

Thecartonmaybeopenedeitherattheend or at the side or at both an end and side, and without any change in the shape of the blanks ormachinerytomakethecartonaandl'iga opened at the end, as previ- Ifitisdesiredtoopenthecarton at the side, it will be broken along the tearline35,asshowninPig.7,andthecoverraised up, the glued spots 32, 33 being only strong enough to keep the carton sealed, and not of suillcient strengthto prevent the cover from being readily opened.

While I have shown and described a liner used in connection with my improved carton, it is tobeimderstoodthatthecartonmaybeused either with 'or without a liner, as may be required under diflerent conditions and with different materials. It is also to be understood that the terms which I have used in describing my improved carton, such as ends, top, bottom, sides, etc., are used only in a descriptive sense to identify different parts of the box, and are not to be considered as limitations, For example, the wall that maybe called an end inFig. 4 becomesatop orlidinFlg. 8, and the front and rear walls in Fig. 7 become end walls when theearton is turned to the position shown in Fig. 8.

I have "shown the ends 23, 24 as separate pieces, but that is not necessary in this invention because the bottom flaps 17, 18 in some instances are made long enough to form the ends of the box and tucks 25, 26. When the end piecu are separate, less material is usually required in making the carton.

In cases where it is desired to open the carton only at one end as shown in Fig. 8, the tearline 35 and the tuck 16 may be omitted and the front panel 14 provided with a tuck similar to the tucks 25, 26. The top 15 will then be tightly glued to the tucks on the side and one end, but will be glued to the tuck 25 only within the tearline 31.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is defined in the following claims and all equivalents thereof:

1. A lined carton formed'from a blank and liner folded together, the blank having side and bottom panels with narrow flaps at the ends of each side and the bottom, the liner and sides of the blank being folded upwardly and the ends of the liner turned inwardly to form an outwardly extending bottom fold at each end, the 'side flaps being turned inwardly to engage over said folds, and the end folds and bottom flaps being turned upwardly outside of said end flaps, and separate end panels secured to the outside of said side and bottom flaps.

2. A lined carton formed from a blank and liner folded together, the blank having side and bottom panels with narrow flaps at the ends of each side, the liner and sides of the blank being folded upwardly and the ends of the liner turned inwardly to form a narrow overlap near the center and an outwardly extending bottom fold at each end withthe end flaps turned inwardly over said bottom folds, said end flap being less than one half the width of the bottom panel, said iolds being turned upwardly out-.

side of said flaps, and separate ends overlying and secured to said flaps to secure the liner within the carton, said ends having tucks extending inwardly over said liner, and a top secured to one side of the carton and having a tuck inserted between the opposite side and liner, said tucks adjacent their attached edges being secured to the overlying side and top of the carton.

' BRUCE J. DAVIDSON. 

